ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan
show; performance; act; entertainment industry; show business
isomorphism; same shape; same type; same pattern
that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that
middle of the night; dead of night
something's wrong (with someone); not right (in the head); not oneself; crazy; nuts
living; being alive; freshness; liveliness; situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains two or more gaps (in go); stet
chirp; twitter; warble; whale tongue
speculation; thinking; meditation
in the hospital; hospitalized
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
manly; masculine; like a man
symbol; emblem; mental image; representation; idea
I wish I had ...; I should have ...; it would have been better if I had ...
man among men; manly man; alpha male
wise ruler; enlightened monarch; benevolent lord
flowery words; rhetorical flourishes
to sink deeply into one's mind; to come home to; to go to one's heart; to pierce one's body (e.g. of wind, cold, etc.)
to express in a roundabout way
sometimes; occasionally; now and then; from time to time
devoted; self-sacrificing
nursing; care; caregiving; caring
founding member (of a music group, etc.); initial member
hospitalization; hospitalisation
to spread rumors; to spread rumours
five (long cylindrical things)
to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil
to be different from what was previously said; to be different from what was promised
kind; tender-hearted; compassionate
to confute; to argue down; to persuade; to convince; to prevail on
to shuffle (on one's bottom or knees); to crawl; to shift position (of an object)